"gook" (rhymes with "book")

[Douglas G. Wilson]

At 11:51 AM 3/17/2005, you wrote:
>If "gook" as applied to Filipinos or other foreigners derives from
>"goo-goo", we'd expect the pronunciation /guk/ (rhymes with "duke"), and
>this is indeed what all the dictionaries give.  But other derogatory
>senses of "gook" have apparently been pronounced /gUk/ (rhymes with
>"book").

MW3 shows both /gUk/ and /guk/ for "gook" in senses "native", "glop" (sense
like "book gook" not shown).

If I were to hypothesize that "gook" = "native" was usually /gUk/ before WW
II, would there be any convincing contrary evidence available to put me in
my place?

-- Doug Wilson